Combined support and socket for reflectors.



W. H.'SPENGER. COMBINED SUPPORT AND SOCKET FOR RBPLEGTOBS.

APPLIOATION 'FILEDHMAY 19. 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

INVENTORZ WITN ESSES: M

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

WILLIAMH. SPENCER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE FRINK SPENCER,

- OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. v

COMBINED SUPPORT AND SOCKET FOR REFLECTORS.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, VILLTAM H. SricNcnR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at- Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Supports and Sockets for Reflectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference Iniarked thereon, which form a. part of this specification.

My present invention has reference, gen

orally, to a novel device in the form of a hollow socket through which conductorwires tor electricity are drawn into the wiring-trough of a reflector, said hollow socket.

' serving also as-a support or means for attached. to a supporting rod, stem, bracket, or

other means for conveying theusual electric light wires to and within the reflector, said socket being simple in its general construction. being readily secured to the body .or shell of the reflector, and its tubular and hollow interior portions being made in such a inaiiiiei xtliat during the installation of the wiring system, or in the case of making necessary repairs, the electric light wires can be easily and rapidly drawn through the reflector-supporting socketwithout any clanger 0t chafing or injuring the insulation of the wires.

A further object of this invention is to provide a novel reflector-supporting socket ot the general character hereinafter set forth, the same comprising a pair of pivot'ally connectcd or hinged membersor elements which are adapted to be brought into various angu- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 19, 1808. Serial No. 433,784.

method of attaching one 0t Patented June 15, 1909.

means for positively locking the parts in their fixed relation to each other against anv further and accidental movement,

The invention has for its further object to providea novel two-part socket for reflec tors, the two members of Whichean be readily separated, in the case of having to make repairs to the wires or to the reflector-body, without being compelled to disconnect the one socket-member ing stem, rod, or bracket, and Without having to remove the other socket-member from the reflector-body.

Other objects of this invention not. at this time more particularly enumerated w ll be c'learlv understood from the following detailed description of this invention.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, lll wlllC-l l 3+ Figure 1 is an end elevation of one form I of reflector and a side elevation of a support ing socket or fixture embodying the principles of the present invention, showing one I its pivoted socket-meiiiloers'or elements upon the screwthreaded end-portionof a tubular rod or stem; Fig. '2 is a' top or plan View thg parts represented in said Fig.1; and 1g.

a transverse vertical section, taken centrally through the reflector-socket and afcrtiss the reflector-body. Fig. 4 1821 V ew 0 t e reflector-socket and a portion of the reflectorbody, looking in the direction. of thei :r in said Fig. 1'; and Fig. 0 is an em c e .1- tion of the reflector-body and side elevation of the supporting socket or finture, siinilai to the arrangement of the devices shown iii Fig. l, but illustrating the reflector in onetod its diflerent angular relations or ad us e positions. Fig. 6 is a 'front view, on fiiintenlarged scale, of a two-part socket or xure embodying the principles of this invention, the socket or fixturebeiiig detached from the reflector; Fig. '7 is a bottom View of thesaniet, and Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section 0 the said socket or-fixture, represented as taken 5, with a sectional on line 8-8 in said Fig, representation of a portion of thereflectorbody or shell, saidview illustrating more particularly the general manner of pivotally means of locking said members in their angularly adjusted positions, said .view

to provide in addition to the pivotal or, showing also one method of securing one of hinged relation of the socket-members, a l the socket-members in a fixed relation upon from the usual supportlar relations to each other, so that the mountconnecting the two socket-members, and one ed reflector can be arranged or ad usted in i .various angular positions; and, furthermore, l

a portion of the reflector-body or shell. Fig. 9 is a top View of the reflector-socket.

Similar."characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates any suitably formed and suitably constructed reflector, the same being usually made from sheetmetal shaped into any cross-sectional formation, and provided with the usual reflectorelements or glasses, 2, suitably attached upon the inner surface portions of the reflectorbody or shell, the said reflector-body or shell having suitably arranged and secured therein a detachable shield or cover 3 forming with other portions of the said reflector-body or shell, a wiring trough or chan'iber, as l. Suitably mounted upon said shield or cover 3 are the usual lamp-receiving sockets 5, either one or more of them, as may be desired, to which the usual electric light wires 6 and 7 lead, substantially in the manner to be presently more fully described, and are connected with the usual lamp-fixtures of said sockets 5. ln anysuitable part of the wall or shell-portion, as 8 of the main body of the reflector, is a suitable hole or opening, which is bounded by means of a suitably formed ring or bindiiigelenient, as 9, its inner annular edge-portions being preferably a rounded configuratirm, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so to prevent chafing, cutting or tearing of the insulation of the wires 6 and 7 when the same are being drawn through the reflectorsupporting socket or fixture and the opening in the wall or shell-portion 8 into the wiring trough or chamber t of the reflector.

The said previously mentioned reflectorsupporting socket or fixture comprises, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of the several figur'es'of the drawings, two socket members or elements 10 and 11, the socketmember 10, which is the one to be secured upon th wall or shell-portion 8 of the 'reflector, and directly over the opening or ring 9 therein, consists, essentially, of a pair of upwardly extending web-like portions or members 12 and 125, each member being provided with a suitably-disposed hole, as let, forming a bearing for a pivot or pintle 15, usually an ordinary screw provided with a head 16, substantially as shown. Each weblike portion or member 12 and 13 is preferably made upon its lower portion with a widened part, as 17, so as to provide suitable supports for said portions or members 12 and '18, each support being formed with screw threaded screw receiving holes 18, which are preferably enlarged, as at 19, for the purpose of surrounding parts of the shanks of fastening screws by means of solder 21, as indicated in Fig: 8 of the drawings. These fastening screws 20 have their heads 22 arranged in suitably disposed and'countersunk holes 23 in the wall members 12 and 13, said wall or portion 25' forming a suitable guard to prevent any undue exposing of the electric light-wires, and the said members 12 and 13 and rear wall or portion 25 providing a suitablychambered socket-member, which is open at the 'top, front and bottom, (when in its detached po sition from the retlector,) but is closed atthe back, as will. be clearly evident from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings. One of the said web-like portions or members, as 12, is provided with a screw threaded hole, as 26, in which is arranged a suitable binding or tightening screw 27. The interior chambered portion of said socketmember or element 11 just described, as will. be seen from an inspection of the sev eral figures of the drawing, is usually of a rectangular configuration, as shown. The other socket-member or element 11 consists, essentially, of a tubular portion or element 28, usually of a cylindrical shape and provided with a screw-threaded portion, as 29,

for the attachn'ient of said portion or element 28 to the screw-threadcd end-portion of a tubular stem or rod, as S0 or other suitable fixture, as a bracket to which the reflector is to be attached. Upon the lower end-portion of the tubular element 28, and suitably connected therewith, preferably by being cast integral'with said element 28, is a body-portion 31, which is of the general cylindrical sha e here shown and has the flat ends 82 and 33, suitably fitted between the opposite inner faces of the web-like portions or members-12 and 13 of the socketmember or element 10, as clearly illustrated in the several figures of the drawings. illustrated, the said body-portion 31 is pro- 'vided with screw-threaded holes or receiving sockets 3a for the reception of the screwthreaded portions of the previously mentioned screws or pintles 15, whereby the two socket-members or elements 10 and 11 are pivotally connected, as will be clearly evident. As has been stated the portion or element 28 is hollow, its hollow or tubular part 35 being in communication with the hollow or chambered part 36 with which the body-portion 31 is formed, and the said cylindrical portion 31 being provided, also, with an elongated opening 87 preferably of the general configuration shown. will be seen, when these various parts have been secured in l their assembled relations, clearly indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings,

Thus 1t.

low or chambered part 36 of the body-portion 31., the ends of the wires being passed out of the elongated opening 37, and through the opening in the wall or shell-portion 8 of the reflector-body into the wiring trough 1,

so as to be finally connected with the lampreceiving socket or sockets, as has been previously stated. v

The elongated shape of the opening 37, it will be clearly noticed, allows for a consid erable rotatable movement between the two pivotally. or oscillatorily connected socket- Inembers l0 and 11, so as to obtain various angular adjustments of the reflector. This angular adjustment of the two socket-memhers is easily obtained by slightly unscrewing the screws 15, making the adjustment of the two pivotally connected parts, and then securing the parts in their fixed relation by again tightening up the SCI6WS,15.

To guard against any accidental displacement or slipping-of the adjusted parts, es-

pecially when the socketis used for the support and attachment of heavy reflectors, I-

have provided the extra binding or tightening screw 2, previously mentioned, and the use and action of which will-be clearly understood from an inspection of Fig. 8 of the drawings.

When the reflector is to be removed from the wire-carrying stem, rod -or bracket, for any necessary repairs to the wires, or other parts, it does not become necessary to unscrew the usually tightly attached socket member 11 from the end-portion of the supporting rod, stem or bracket, nor is it necessary to disconnect the other socket-member 10 from the main'reflectorbody or shell, but all that has to be done is to remove the two pintles or screws 15, so as to easily separate the two socket-members 10 and 11, which can thereafter he once more quickly brought into their operatively assembled relation, as will be clearly understood.

From the foregoing description of my present invention it will be clearly seen, that while I have provided a supporting socket for reflectors, the parts of which permit of the various angular adjustments of the reflector with relation to its supporting rod, stem, bracket, or the like, I have also produced a supporting socket through which the electric wires are passed, so that they are hidden, and a safe-guard against danger from fire is also provided byv the chambered socket-member 11. and the web-likemembers 12 and 13 and the baclewall or portion 25 ofthe socket-member 10.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the various arrangements and com; binations of the devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of thelsaid parts, as set forth 1n the foregoing specifica- --tion,- and as defined 1n the claims which are appended to the said specification. Hence 1 do not confine my present invention to the exact arrangement and combinations of the devices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do-I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustrated .in the accompanying drawings.

l. A supporting socket for reflectors comprising a pair of socket-members, one of said socket-inembers consisting of a pair of weblike members having flat faces, and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and said web-like members being provided with screw-threaded pintle-receiving bearings, and

' said other socket-member comprising a tubular portion, and a chambered body-portion arranged between said web-like members,

serew threaded pintles in the .lo'earing-portions of said web-like members, said pintles being connected with said chambered bodyportion, whereby said socket-members are pivotally connected, but are rigidly fixed when said screw-threaded pintles are tightened.

2. A supporting socket for reflectors comprising a pair of socket-members, one of said soclmt-members consisting of a pair of weblike members having fiat faces and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and said web-like members being provided with screw-threaded p intle-receiving bearings, and said other socket-member comprising a tubular portion, and a chambered body-portion arranged between said web-like members, scrcw-thruided pintles in the bearing-portions of said web-like members, said pintles being connected with said chambered bodyportion, whereby said socket1ne1nbers are pivotally connected, but are rigidly fixed when said screw-threaded pintlcs are tight-. ened, the chamber in said bod sportion cominunicating with the hollow part of said tubular portion, and the said chambered body-portion being formed with an elongated opening.

3. A supporting socket for reflectors comprising a' pair of socket-members, one of said socket-men'lbers consisting ofa pair of weblike members having fiat faces and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and said web-like members being providedwith screw-threaded pintle-receiving bearings, and

said other socket-member comprising a tubular portion, and a chambered body-portion arranged between said web-like members, screw-threaded pintles in theQbearing-portions of said web-like members, said pintles being connected with said chambered bodyportion, whereby said socket-members are pivotally connected, but are' rigidly fixed when said screw-threaded pintles are tightened, the chamber in said body-portion communicating with the hollow part of said tubular portion, and the said chambered bod y-portion being formed with an elongated opening, and means connected with said socket members for rigidly securing the same in their adjusted positions.

4 A supporting socket for reflectors comprising a pair ,of socket-members, one of said socket-members consisting of a pair of web like side-members and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and said web-like mem-' ing provided with a screw-threaded hole, and

a binding screw screwed into said hole, said screw having its end-portion in retaining binding engagement with the chambered;

body-portion of the other socket-members for rigidly securing said socket-members in their adjusted relation.

A supporting socket for reflectors comprisin" a pair of socketinembers, one of said socket-members consisting of a pair of weblike members and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and each w,eb like member being provided with a screw-receiving hole, and said other socket-member comprising a tubular portion and a cylindrically shaped and chambered body-portion provided with flat ends arranged between said I web-like members, cachiflat end, being provided with a screw-threaded screw-receiving socket, and screws arranged in the holes in said web-like portions, said screws having their screw-threaded shanks screwed into the screw-receiving sockets of the flat ends of said chambered body-portion, whereby said socket-members are pivotally connected, the chamber in said body-portion communicat ing with the hollow part of said tubular portion, and the said chambered body portion being formed with an elongated opening.

6. A supporting socket forreflectors comprising a pair of socket-members, one of said socket-members consisting of a pair of weblike members and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and each web-like member be ing provided with a screw-receiving hole, and said other socket-member comprising a tubular portion and a cylindrically shaped and chambered hody-portion provided with flat ends arran ed between said web-like members, each tat end being provided with a screw-threaded screw-receiving socket, and screws arranged in the holes in said web-like portions, said screws having their screwthreaded shanks screwed into the screw-receiving sockets of the flat ends of said chambered body-portion, whereby said socket members are )ivotally connected, the chamber in said bo y-portion communicating with the hollow part of said tubular portion, and the said chambered body portion being formed with an elongated opeinng, and means connected with said socket-members for rigidly securing the same in their adjusted positions.

7. A supportingsocket for reflectors comprising a pair of socket-members, oneoi said socket-members consisting of a pair of weblike members and a connecting rear wall forming a housing, and each web-like mem; ber being provided with a screw-receiving hole, and said other socket-member comprising a tubular portion and a, cylindrically shaped and chambered b0dy-portion provided with flat ends arranged between said web-like members, each fiat end being provided with a screw-threaded screw-receiving socket, and screws arranged in the holes in saidweb-like portions, said screws having their screw threaded shanks screwed into the screw-receiving sockets of the flat ends of said chambered body-portion, whereby said socket-members are pivotally connected, the chamber in said body-portion communicating with the hollow part of said tubular portion, and the said. chambered body -portion being formed with airelongated opening, one of the said web-like portions being provided with a scrmv-tlweaded hole, and a bindin screw screwed into said hole, said screw hav ing its end-portion in retainingbinding engagement with the chambered body-portion of the other SOCliCiZ-lllOll'ibci' for rigidly securing said socket-members in their adjusted rel a tion.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 14 day of May, 1908.

XVILLIAM H. SPENCER.

VVitnesses ALEXANDER Nn'inrrn, F. C. PATTERSON. 

